Boom Shakalaka releases, remixes, mixes and parties.

As some of you might know I'm part of a DJ crew called Boom Shakalaka here in Helsinki, Finland. This summer is gonna be big for us as things are moving forward on many fronts.

When we do remixes we've always searched samples from african, brazilian and other latin american sources trying to dig deep into other cultures. But then we started wondering why don't we ever dig to our own roots and own musical culture. And as a result we started experiementing with old finnish folk and accordeon samples and updating them with modern club beats and sooner then we realised we had crazy music originating from finnish traditional music. It sounds totally new, so we named the genre Baltik Bass (as of coming from the countries around Baltic Sea). We've got several cool tracks and remixes and they're gonna be compiled on Boom Shakalaka presents Baltik Bass vol.1 EP that's gonna be out on Maasto Records during this summer.

As a first official promo, here's a track by DJ Emil.

Dj Emil vs. Kiharakolmio - Riddim And Culture by Boom Shakalaka

Boom Shakalaka is worth following also on facebook, soundcloud, mixcloud and twitter for new remixes, releases and mixes will be dropping during the summer.

And Boom Shakalaka has also a brand new blog out where we post tunes we like from around the world; reggae, dancehall, soca, reggaeton, cumbia, baile funk, kuduro, kwaito, bongo flava, bhangra, desi, balkan beats, you name it – you got it! www.boomshakalaka.fi

We've also got a whole summer of parties coming up and the opening of the Boom Shakalaka summer club is thursday 10.6.2010 at Kuudes Linja, Helsinki, Finland. So if you finnish peeps are around, come holla for free punch, clothes give-aways and hot tropical music from around the world. More info from the facebook event.

DJ Svengali made a special Boom Shakalaka mix for the summer with nuff reggae, dancehall, cumbia, balkan and tropical vibes.

DJ Svengali - Boom Shakalaka Mix 2010 by Boom Shakalaka

Tracklist:

Lady N - Hey Massive
Los Telez - Yo Soy Tu Maestro
Sabo & Cassady - Kuff Kumbia
Sekreto - Gota(El Hijo De La Cumbia Remix)
Lember Hussainpuri - Saukhi Ni Kammai
Shava ft. King Gurcharan Mall - Päälliköt on voittamattomii
Deux Vultures - Mona Lisa (Homeboyz Club Edit)
Daddy V - Mahooks
Dully Sykes - Shikide
Ward 21 ft. Snoop Dogg - The Power (Luke Rich Remix)
Ward 21 - Pretty Gal
Mr. Lexx - Dem A Pree
Point O - Everyday
Sunny Brown ft. Lomaticc, Baba Kahn, Blizz & Rochester - Bombay Bo (Bootleg Remix)
Anu Malik - I Was Made For Loving You
Afrodisiac Sound System - Another One Bites The Dust
Forty Thieves Orkestar - Balkan Babylon
Balkan Beat Box - Digital Monkey (Soulico Remix)
Shazalakazoo - Chocheque
(dunkelbunt) & Cloud Tissa - Kebab Connection (Club Edit)
Mahala Rai Banda - Tu Romnie
Feel Good Productions - Dancing In Draut
Caravan Palace - Jolie Coquine
Mitsoura - Lei Toi
Major Lazer - Jum pUp (Genghis Clan Vs Riva Starr Mambo Jumbo Remix)
Major Lazer vs. Harold Faltermeyer - Pon De Foley (Ludachrist Remix)
David Guetta ft. Akon - Sexy Bitch (Royal K’s Mighty Refix)
Markku Lepistö vs. DJ Svengali - Hermannin Polkka (Boom Shakalaka Baltik Bass Remix)
Soul Captain Band - Liikkuvat luut
Ziveli Orkestar - Da Zna Zna (DJ Tagada Remix)
Shazalakazoo - Ajde
KMC - Am Not Drunk (DJ Emil Boom Shakalaka Remix)
SIG - Älä Sinä Huoli
Apache Indian - Boom Shack-A-Lack

Download from Mediafire.

Sany Pitbull & Duda do Borel in Finland

18-21.7. I had the pleasure of meeting again DJ Sany Pitbull and MC Duda do Borel. I interviewed them already in Rio, but this time it was in Finland where we all 3 were heading to Pori Jazz Festival to throw 4 funk bailes.


Elsewhere in Europe the audiences have been lucky to see many great gigs by different baile funk artists, but in Finland this was the very first time ever. And straight ahead we started with the best! Here’s some little memories about the parties, but mainly I just wanted to show you some great photos I took...


The program was pretty much the same every night: We started around 1am and first Sany banged for about a one and half hour playing mostly old school miami bass and electro and little by little moving towards more hard edged electro rave and future funk beats as the floor filled steadily. And then slipping the tamborzão beats in by playing a lot of remixes with vocals in english. And then full on tamborzão for a while before Duda grabs the mic. By this time people were already pretty hyped up by Sany’s set and both were greeted with loud cheering and applauding as I introduced them on stage.


Then starting with the new hit beat ”Macumbinha”, Duda tearing up the audience with raw lyrics with his booming low rapping. And I can tell you Duda was on fire! When he gets some ”gasoline” to his engine, he just goes on hyping the crowd with some hits like ”Crazy” and ”Menina da Matemática”. Duda bounces, cheers the crowd, dances the stage away and even goes Kikando! (dance that’s done sitting on the floor, bouncing forward.) He even sings lying down on the stage! And you should have heard the crowd cheering and shouting when he ended. Then ”Rap de Felicidade” and some others for encore.


But that wasn’t it yet. Then Sany did his craft: Some 20 minutes of pure MPC live. Incredible live banging with well known samples re-worked with unbelievable agility. Flirting with rock samples like ”Satisfaction” by Rolling Stones and ”Come As You Are” by Nirvana. And the crowd went absolutely bananas!


Saturday night there was even a ”bonde do sacanagem” (a dirty dance done in a line tightly in touch with the ass of the person in front of you...) in the stage danced by the producers, singers, musicans and dancers of the festival... So you can really say that Sany and Duda rocked Pori Jazz festival and Finland!


After the last evening, when we were sitting together outside the venue 6am, a girl came up to us and showed her shoes. ”I danced so much my shoes tore up, thanks!”


Thanks indeed for Sany & Duda for throwing a hell of a baile and putting up a show we won’t forget that easily! Now there are at least 2000 finns more that know what baile funk is really about...


And to get a real feeling about what it is at it's best check out this video from Youtube: